MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color met on Thursday.
Their main goal: to convince and brainstorm ways educators and mentors in Memphis can listen.
They said the reason kids were acting up was because they feel like no one was listening.
Dr. Howard Stevenson suggested listen while these young men get haircuts.
“They tell some very personal stuff in that 15 to 30 minute long hair cut,” he said.
“Young men are the future,” said Ron Walker the Executive Director of COSEBOC.
He said if we want to see young men succeed, we have to let them be heard.
“We live in a society where to be a man there is a myth the last thing you want to do is show emotion,” he said.
He said tears and talking about your feelings were important components to learning.
Based in Memphis, SchoolSeed also introduced new ways of learning to students and teachers.
They said these conferences help people see the same struggle from a different angle and learn a new approach.
“The light bulb moment where they just get it, or an idea they can take from here, and into the classroom,” said Sam O’Bryant.
